Princess AcademyBy: Shannon Hale

Hannah DiValerioReading, Miss Roche

3rd 5/11/12

Biography: Shannon Hale

Shannon Hale was born on January 26, 1974. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the middle child of five kids. She went to the University of Utah. She first studied a double major; they were Theater and English. She decided her real passion was English, so she pursued that. She graduated from the MFA in 2000. Her first book was published by Bloomsburry, the UK publisher of Harry Potter. She has four kids; their names are Max, Maggie, Dinah, and Wren.

SummaryThe main character is Miri. She lives on Mount

Eskel. During the beginning, she has to go to an academy away from the mountain. She has to go because in one year, the prince will choose one of the students to be his bride. Miri does not want to go for many reasons; one of them is that she does not want to leave her father and her sister Marda. Despite this, she has to go anyways. There she learns how to read and write. Also, she learns to have proper manners. She stands up for all the students because the teacher is strict and mean. She was elected the Academy Princess. The prince said he liked her the best, but the next day he abruptly left. Does she be selected as his wife or did something go wrong and the prince won’t come back? Is there some kind of twist? Read to find out.

CharactersMain Characters

Miri is very small and petite. She is around fourteen through sixteen throughout the course of the novel. She is very funny and just is brave. She turns out to be smart too.

Supporting CharactersBritta is a girl who had just moved to the mountain. She too had to go to the academy. At first, Britta did not talk to Miri but later she did. They soon became best friends. Britta is shy but funny at the same time. Peder is Miri’s crush. They had good times together and barely ever fought. Peder was always there when Miri needed help. He likes to carve things out of linder.Olana is the person who teaches Miri. She was mean and strict, but only because she wanted everyone to succeed

Plot Diagram IntroductionMeet Miri and her dad and sisterShe hangs out with Peder for a littleThey are called to a town announcement

Rising ActionA lowlander told them that they needed girls for the prince’s future brideMiri has to leaveShe stands up for the students, allowing them to have winter and spring breakMiri helps the students pass their exams using quarry speech to give them answers

ClimaxMiri is crowned Academy Princess in front of her classmates

Falling ActionMiri gets the first dance with the princeHe goes on a walk with her and tell her she is by far the bestHe leaves the next day very early not giving an explanation

ConclusionThey students and their teacher, Olana get captured by banditsThe people of Mount Eskel save themBritta marries the prince because it was planned all along. She went to the mountain because they needed a bride from there and the prince came expecting to see her, but Britta acted as if she were sick; that is why he left so soon. Miri and Peder are unofficially dating

VocabularyInterlocutor- noun/ a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation/ 29%/ “You must know your rank and that of your interlocutor,” said Olana

Cudgels- noun/ a short thick stick used as a weapon/72%/ Some had golden loops in their ears, some carried cudgels and staves

Reverent- adjective/ feeling or showing deep and solemn respect/20%/ She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper

Defiant- adjective/ boldly resistant or challenging/21%/ She had just raised a defiant eyebrow when she tripped on one of the front steps and fell flat in the snow

Bawling- verb/to shout or call noisily and unrestrainedly/29%/ “Indeed, my lady Britta? How lovely for you to go to court with a palace full of plump, bawling lords and ladies rolling down the corridors.”

Miri played by: Chloe Mortez

Peder played by: Alexander Ludwig

Actors and Actresses

Actors and ActressesBritta Played by: Georgie Henley

Olana played by: Susan Sarandon

Songs

Katy Perry “Part of Me” because it shows that know matter what, Miri will always be apart of Mount Eskel. For example, the quarry speech was all over this book.

Rating

This novel was very good. It has wonderful description and intense moments that left you wondering until you read on. It had a slight twist with romance too. The only thing that could have made this book better was that it explained things a tiny but more; it just went from one thing to the next for parts